Sort holes in buttons by number.
Sort sweaters by the number of buttonholes.
Sort playing cards by number.

SORTING LIKES AND DIFFERENCES
This is one of my favorite games to play with preschoolers.
It helps develop wonderful thinking skills.

Find 3 objects that are alike in some
way, such as, the same color, the same size, the same
shape, and the same type of object.

Then, find one that is different.

Set out the four objects and have
your child find the one that is different.

Sometimes your child will pick one that is not
the one you had intended as the different one.
However, upon questioning her, she has a valid reason why
this one is different and the others are the same. If they
can explain their reasoning, accept their answer. This is
a great game to teach children how to look at all characteristics
of an object, and how to see that objects can fall into different
categories.

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